What a grand evening! With well over 250 Brethren and their families present, we were witness to a wonderful program lead by Right Worshipful Grand Master Jay W. Smith and Worshipful Master David P. Coyle, PM Kiskiminetas Lodge 617. Kiskiminetas Lodge 617 would like to gratefully thank all of the Lodges in the district for their hard work and support in this endeavor. Special thanks and appreciation go out to Brother Jim Elliot, District 27 Artificer, and Brother James Mc Aninch, both members of Armstrong Lodge #239, for the special awards they brought to the gathering.

RWGM Jay W. Smith, PDDGM Roger A. Johnson, and DDGM Emilio V. Sforza with the lanterns crafted by District 27 celebrated Artificer Brother Jim Elliot, Armstrong Lodge #239. Anyone who has seen these lanterns in person understands just how special they are. Each is crafted with the bearers masonic history inscribed with painstaking labor. District 27 and Kiskiminetas Lodge #617 are greatly honored to have Brother Elliot in our midst. We are equally proud to have witnessed and shared the evening with The Pennsylvania Grand Lodge officers and Brother Elliot.

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Many thanks to Brother Roger A. Johnson DDGM (outgoing) for your many years of service to freemasonry in Pennsylvania and more especially District 27. I certainly hope your travels will continue in the upcoming years.

Brother Emilio V. Sforza PM presents Brother Roger A. Johnson DDGM with a card, signed by all Brethren present at the District 27 School of Instruction. This was Brother Johnson's last School of instruction as DDGM. He will be Succeeded By Brother Sforza. Congratulations to two upstanding Masons.